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Woman Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison After Failed Bitcoin Murder-for-Hire Plot

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A woman has been sentenced to over eight years in prison after her murder-for-hire plot using bitcoin fell apart. Melody Sasser attempted to use the dark web to hire a hitman to kill an Alabama resident. She paid nearly $10,000 in cryptocurrency and tried to make the murder look like an accident. Authorities discovered incriminating … Read more

Cleanspark Expands Bitcoin Mining Operations by Acquiring 7 Tennessee Facilities

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Cleanspark Inc. has unveiled plans to acquire seven bitcoin mining facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee. The $27.5 million deal is expected to boost the company’s current mining capacity by 5 exahash per second (EH/s) by 2024, representing a 22% increase in its operational hashrate. Cleanspark to Acquire 7 Bitcoin Mining Facilities in $27.5M Deal, Boosting Hashrate … Read more